Actor Rose Marie shamed her harasser in 1954 and paid dearly for it.

To sounds some commentators tell it, sexual harassment and assault are modern questions brought on by slackening sex mores, the infiltration of women into male infinites, and the defection of “traditional” importances.

Marie expressed the view that her minute came on the list of the musical “Top Banana.” The actor and comedian clapped back at her harasser — a producer on the cinema — and, predictably, stood professional consequences as a result.

The producer of the movie came up to me after I’d run through the anthem announced “I Fought Every Step of the Way, ” which had boxing remarks, and was of the view that he was able to is demonstrated by a few ranks. He wasn’t referring to boxing. I giggled it off, but he said he was serious and that the picture is likely to be mine.

Well, in front of everyone onstage, I said, “You son of a bitch, you couldn’t get it up if a flag went by.” Needless to say, that didn’t go over well with him, and all my musical figures were cut from the movie. I had no idea that his reaction to my refusal would be so bad.

I realized then that the rumors of the throw couch weren’t jokes and why some actresses were going destroys and why others, sometimes route more talented, weren’t .

Marie’s story shows why the number of victims of persecution and defamation often don’t “fight back.”

When it comes to gender-based molestation and misuse, there was nothing good about the “good ol’ days.”

Women were beset, mistreated, frightened, and blackballed in the workplace back then too. Their overwhelmingly male superiors helped forge a culture of stillnes where casualties were often extremely separated and too professionally vulnerable to speak out.

We should be grateful that those daylights are, slowly but surely, coming to an end.